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Příkazy

Municipality in the Czech Republic

Příkazy

Summary

Municipality in the Czech Republic

FieldValue
namePříkazy
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylinePříkazy, OÚ.jpg
image_captionMunicipal office
image_flagVlajka obce Příkazy.gif
image_shieldZnak obce Příkazy.jpg
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Olomouc
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Olomouc
pushpin_mapCzech Republic
pushpin_relief1
pushpin_map_captionLocation in the Czech Republic
coordinates
established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date1250
area_total_km213.98
elevation_m226
population_as_of2025-01-01
population_footnotes
population_total1316
population_density_km2auto
timezone1CET
utc_offset1+1
timezone1_DSTCEST
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postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code783 33
website

Příkazy () is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. The old part of the village is well preserved and is protected as a village monument reservation.

Administrative division

Příkazy consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):

  • Příkazy (952)
  • Hynkov (333)

Geography

Příkazy is located about 9 km northwest of Olomouc. It lies in a flat landscape of the Upper Morava Valley. The northernmost part of the municipality lies in the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area and the Morava River flows through it.

History

The first written mention of Příkazy is from 1250. Hynkov was first mentioned in 1437.

Demographics

|1869|1250 |1880|1357 |1890|1387 |1900|1384 |1910|1526 |1921|1629 |1930|1599 |1950|1361 |1961|1340 |1970|1350 |1980|1360 |1991|1207 |2001|1204 |2011|1211 |2021|1285

Transport

House in the monument reservation

The D35 motorway goes through the municipality.

Příkazy is located on the railway line Olomouc–Drahanovice.

Sights

Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius was built in 1924–1926 and is an example of modern sacral architecture. The interior was painted by Jano Köhler.

Příkazy is known for the Hanakian Open Air Museum. It is a unique example of clay folk architecture of the Haná region. The complex consists of three barns from the first half of the 19th century and one barn from 1987, followed by a garden with fruit trees and a complete Hanakian farm with a residential and farming part from 1875.

References

References

  1. (2025-05-16). "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  2. (2022). "Public Census 2021 – basic data". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  3. "Historie". Obec Příkazy.
  4. (2015-12-21). "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  5. (2021-03-27). "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  6. "Detail stanice Příkazy". [[České dráhy]].
  7. "Kaple sv. Cyrila a Metoděje". National Heritage Institute.
  8. "Hanácké muzeum v přírodě". Hanakian Open Air Museum.
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